Tengu format ruling
Simorgh, Bird of Ancestry
Card effect (current official text)Both players Tribute Summon WIND monsters with 1 less Tribute than required. If you Tribute Summon this card by Tributing only WIND monsters, return up to 2 cards your opponent controls to their owner's hand. This card is treated as a Normal Monster while in your hand.
Rulings
- Level 5-6 WIND monsters are Normal Summoned without Tributing while Simorgh, Bird of Ancestry is face-up. They are not treated as being Tribute Summoned.
- If you control 2 or more face-up Simorgh, Bird of Ancestry, the number of Tributes required to Tribute Summon WIND monsters is still only reduced by 1.
- You can Tribute 1 face-up Simorgh, Bird of Ancestry to Tribute Summon a Level 7 or higher WIND monster.
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